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3GPP Long-Term Evolution
3GPP Long-Term Evolution

8x8 Matrix Multiplication
8x8 Matrix Multiplication

An Introduction to the picoTools Flow
An Introduction to the picoTools Flow

Andy Gothard, China Femtocell Symposium 2010
Someday all basestations will be made like this

Baines et al, Femto World Summit 2010
Latest progress of femtocells standardization and future requirements

China Symposium 2011 - Rupert Baines presentation - Someday all basestations will be made like this
China Symposium 2011 - Picochip - Rupert Baines presentation

Comparative Performance of the picoArray
Comparative Performance of the picoArray

CTO Espresso Masterclass Guide to SON
CTO Espresso Masterclass Guide to SON

Data Transport Implementation Using DMA
Data Transport Implementation Using DMA

Debugging & Verification of Parallel Systems – The Picochip Way!
Debugging & Verification of Parallel Systems – The Picochip Way!

Deterministic Parallel Processing
Deterministic Parallel Processing

Developing LTE Small Cell with Picochip (MWC2011)
Developing LTE Small Cell with Picochip (MWC2011)

DMA Transfers with picoLib
DMA Transfers with picoLib

Dr Doug Pulley - presentation at LTE World Summit 2011 (masterclass)
Dr Doug Pulley - presentation at LTE WS 2011

Dr Doug Pulley - small cells presentation - The Basestation Conference 2011
Dr Doug Pulley - small cells presentation - The Basestation Conference 2011

Dr Doug Pulley, Picochip seminar at LTE Focus 2010
Deploying small cell architecture for LTE

Dr Paul Neil - presentation given at LTE World Summit 2011
Dr Paul Neil - presentation at LTE WS 2011

Example FFT Implementations on the picoArray
Example FFT Implementations on the picoArray

Example picoArray Project Structure
Example picoArray Project Structure

Extended Arithmetic on the picoArray
Extended Arithmetic on the picoArray

Femtocells Challenges and Opportunities
Femtocells Challenges and Opportunities

Femtocells: Beyond Indoor (MWC2011)
Femtocells: Beyond Indoor (MWC2011)

Femtocells:Fast track to Wireless Endgame?
Femtocells:Fast track to Wireless Endgame?

FIR Filters in picoArrays
FIR Filters in picoArrays

Floating Point Arithmetic on the picoArray
Floating Point Arithmetic on the picoArray

Guidance for Board Bring Up for Boards with picoArray Devices (source code)
Guidance for Board Bring Up for Boards with picoArray Devices (source code)

HSDPA and WiMAX: competitive or complementary?
HSDPA and WiMAX: competitive or complementary?

Implementing a 2048-Point FFT with the PC20x
Implementing a 2048-Point FFT with the PC20x

Implementing the UMTS-LTE eNodeB iDFT Bank
Implementing the UMTS-LTE eNodeB iDFT Bank

Implementing the UMTS-LTE Turbo Encoder
Implementing the UMTS-LTE Turbo Encoder

Implementing the UMTS-LTE Turbo Internal Interleaver
Implementing the UMTS-LTE Turbo Internal Interleaver

Infrastructure implementation challenges for LTE and WiMAX air interfaces
Infrastructure implementation challenges for LTE and WiMAX air interfaces

Integer Division on the picoArray
Integer Division on the picoArray

InterDigital Femto World Summit presentation
Broadband traffic management at the edge: converged gateway solution

Interfacing to ITU-T Recommendation G.191
Interfacing to ITU-T Recommendation G.191

Low IF Radio Interface for WiMAX
Low IF Radio Interface for WiMAX

LTE Focus 2011 - Picochip - Dr Paul Neil presentation
LTE Focus 2011 - Picochip - Dr Paul Neil presentation

LTE takes shape
LTE takes shape

Multi-mode small cell basestations: the need for LTE & HSPA
Multi-mode small cell basestations: the need for LTE & HSPA

Multicore Products - Not an Oxymoron
Multicore Products - Not an Oxymoron

Multiple PicoArray Systems
Multiple PicoArray Systems

MWC2011 Residential Femtocells
MWC2011 Residential Femtocells

MWC2011: Femtocells for enterprise
MWC2011: Femtocells for enterprise

Nigel Toon - Femto World Summit 2010
Someday, all basestations will be made like this

One Die. 300 Processors. Real Systems.
One Die. 300 Processors. Real Systems.

Optimized FFT Implementations on the picoArray
Optimized FFT Implementations on the picoArray

PA Linearization Using Pre-Distortion
PA Linearization Using Pre-Distortion

PA Linearization with the picoArray
PA Linearization with the picoArray

Parallel Processing - the Picochip way!
Parallel Processing - the Picochip way!

PC202 product brief
PC202 product brief

PC203 product brief
PC203 product brief

PC205 product brief
PC205 product brief

PC20X Hardware and Layout Design Guide (APP 038)
PC20X Hardware and Layout Design Guide (APP 038)

PC302 product brief
PC302 product brief

PC312 product brief
PC312 product brief

PC323 info sheet
PC323 HSPA+ SoC

PC6530 802.16e OFDMA Femtocell/Picocell PHY+MAC
PC6530 802.16e OFDMA Femtocell/Picocell PHY+MACv

PC73x2 product brief
PC7302/7312 product brief

PC8210 3GPP Network Listen Receiver Product Brief
PC8210 3GPP Network Listen Receiver Product Brief

PC8211 GSM Downlink Receiver Product Brief
PC8211 GSM Downlink Receiver Product Brief

PC8530 OFDMA (IEEE802.16e-2005) basestation product brief
PC8530 OFDMA (IEEE802.16e-2005) basestation product brief

PC8532 Product Brief
PC8532 Product Brief

PC853X How To Modify RadioIF for 1Fs Radio Hardware
PC853X How To Modify RadioIF for 1Fs Radio Hardware

PC853X Synchronization and Radio Interface
PC853X Synchronization and Radio Interface

Picochip Enabled 3G FemtoCells
Picochip Enabled 3G FemtoCells

picoTools Product Brief
picoTools Product Brief

Practical, Programmable Multi-Core DSP
Practical, Programmable Multi-Core DSP

Programming the picoArray
Programming the picoArray

RACH Preamble Detection and Multipath Searching
RACH Preamble Detection and Multipath Searching

Real Multicore for Embedded Wireless
Real Multicore for Embedded Wireless

Reconfigurable Baseband Processing for Wireless Basestations
Reconfigurable Baseband Processing for Wireless Basestations

Rupert Baines - Femtocells Americas 2011 presentation
Rupert Baines - Femtocells Americas 2011 presentation

Rupert Baines - Het Net Americas 2011 presentation
Rupert Baines - Het Net Americas 2011 presentation

Rupert Baines and panel, Femto World Summit
Progress in standardization and future plans

Rupert Baines Presentation Femtocell Americas
Femto Conference San Diego 2009

Rupert Baines, Femto World Summit 2010
Latest progress of femtocells standardization and future requirements

Rupert Baines, Femtocell Americas 2009
Presentation by Picochip VP Marketing at 2009 Femto Americas conference

Secure and trusted Femtocells
Secure and trusted Femtocells

Software Defined Baseband Commercial Reality
Software Defined Baseband Commercial Reality

Software Reference Designs Core of a Basestation Portfolio
Software Reference Designs Core of a Basestation Portfolio

Software steps involved in initialising a PHY on PC20x
Software steps involved in initialising a PHY on PC20x

System Controller Implementation for Physical Layer Transport
System Controller Implementation for Physical Layer Transport

The Case for Home Basestations
The Case for Home Basestations

The path to mass market femtos
Andy Gothard's presentation from CTIA Femtozone 2010

The PC102: Overview of Architecture
The PC102: Overview of Architecture

The picoArray Array Element Reference Guide
The picoArray Array Element Reference Guide

The picoTools Programmers' Reference Guide
The picoTools Programmers' Reference Guide

The Strategic Drive to Multicore
The Strategic Drive to Multicore

The wireless market and the impact of chip manufacturers on the successful wireless market value chain
The wireless market and the impact of chip manufacturers on the successful wireless market value chain

UMTS-LTE PRACH Detection on the PC20x
UMTS-LTE PRACH Detection on the PC20x

Universal Access Point for CDMA2000 (GWT)
Universal Access Point for CDMA2000 (GWT)

Using the PC8520 with Maxim’s MAX2829EVkit (App 024)
Using the PC8520 with Maxim’s MAX2829EVkit (App 024)

Viterbi and Turbo Decoding using the FAU
Viterbi and Turbo Decoding using the FAU

Waveform Capture and Injection Using the PC102 (App 016)
Waveform Capture and Injection Using the PC102 (App 016)

Why LTE needs metro-cells?
Why LTE needs metro-cells?

WiMAX : The need for flexibility
WiMAX : The need for flexibility

WiMAX For Backhaul
WiMAX For Backhaul

WiMAX Radio Integration
WiMAX Radio Integration

WiMAX vs HSDPA: Complementary or Competitive?
WiMAX vs HSDPA: Complementary or Competitive?

WiMAX, HSDPA and Beyond The Changing World of Wireless
WiMAX, HSDPA and Beyond The Changing World of Wireless

WiMAX: OFDM Synchronization on the picoArray
WiMAX: OFDM Synchronization on the picoArray